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Pages: 257
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-06-23 - Publisher: Penn State Press
Pejoratively referred to as "idols" in the Hebrew Bible and in western tradition, the cult image occupied a central place in the cultures of the ancient Near Ea
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Pages: 267
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-03-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of relig
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Pages: 391
Pages: 391
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